BMW Z4M Coupe --> 370Z ??

370Zsteve

Bummer, man. Mine's a chick magnet

I hope you aren't giving off the wrong vibe

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Red370

Word, women break their necks looking at my Z, whats even more hilarious is that married women with their husbands in plain view in the car with them, still gawk I love it.

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Horseface

I think it's more to do with location than wrong vibes... ......In LA, there is no shortage of exotic cars... In fact, anything less than a Veyron goes pretty much unnoticed.

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Minicobra1

I'm a BMW fan, plus drive an 07 Mini Cooper JCW. Originally the Z was not even on the list, I was in a quandary of getting a M Coupe or a 335i. When I drove the M Coupe I wasn't impressed with the ride quality or performance, took it for about a 30min test drive in a variety of conditions. I guess for the $58K they were asking for the car I was expecting something quite a bit more refined. One bad thing I guess is I drove the MIni to the dealer, which is modified, suspension, tune, etc. and the Mini felt almost as fast, smoother, and better handling. I was looking for an upgrade, and just wasn't feeling it. So I kept looking. A friend of mine invited me to an Edmunds event in Nov 08 where they were previewing the 370Z. I had seen pics on the internet, but was not too excited, but when I saw it in person, wow! I immediately fell in love.
The driving position to me felt really natural, there was more room behind the seats then the M Coupe. A Touring fully loaded with Sport package and Nav would cost me $18K less then the M Coupe, and mods and maintenance would be less expensive, so it was a no brainer. I bought my Z on Jan 5th 2009, the first weekend they hit the dealers in So Cal.
I've got maybe $4K invested in mods so far and she is a real dream to drive, handling and performance is top notch, and even when I go with a supercharger say $10K, my total invested would have still been less then the M Coupe purchase.
Syncro Rev is awesome!! I heal and toed for years, but you will not be able to be that perfect every shift.

My vote is for the Z, and if I were you, since you are not concerned with leather in Touring model, is to check out the Nismo 370Z. This car wasn't available at the time I got mine, if I was to purchase one at this time, I think I would go with Nismo, better starting base if you are going to be tracking the car, and a bit more exclusivity, Nismo is kind of like the "M" for Nissan. They are dealing on these now at the Nissan dealerships.

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alphaqb

Unfortunately, people in LA look at the brand before the car. You can put a Mercedes emblem on a Genesis and the girls will drop their panties when they see it.

370Zsteve

I'll have to try that with the wife's SUV, should give her something to talk about at the next bridge game.

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Supergoji

did you have the non turbo 300zx? thats why u didn't like it?

i can assure that a modded Twin turbo 300zx is a different animal. i have one and it's just destroys 350's and 370's.

take the new Z4 for a test drive. you'll like it i bet. BMW really nailed this one.
sure it's an expensive car but it's a hardtop vert which is always nice.

plus you can always JB3 it and it'll make tons of power.

between the Old Z4 M and the New 370z i think it's a tie really.

i'd keep the Z4 and do a full supersprint exhaust on it, the wheels, brakes, lsd and call it a day.

370Zsteve

I suppose if the 300 in question has been modified to insane levels putting out massive horsepower specs, it will beat a stock 370...in a straight line, anyway.

Conversely, a modded 370 or even a 350 would just destroy a modded 300TT.

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Zsteve

well I just looked it up, they will have TT V6 that only gets 300 hp and a 225 hp one. I just dont understand how they only get 300 HP out of a v6 tt? They should get that just from the V6 The TTs should give it another 100 HP IMO. A V6 TT that does 0 60 in 5 secs, hmmmmm.

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meldazii

the tt v6 has 250 hp.
the 2010 z4 has 300hp and is twin turbo
ive driven the z4mc and a 09 370z the z4m with proper tires(not the conties) is a truly unbelieveable car in the bends, so to is the 370 but the better m diff in the z dose a better job, both are realy great cars and the z4m is faster but not by much. i will be picking my z4mc up within the next month. my vote is for the z4m but to everyone there own...

WICKED_GRIN

say what?

nextbesthing

Meldazzi I think your confusing what he means by tt...he's not talking about the V6 audi TT...but rather the 2010 v6 twin turbo z4 that puts out 300hp

Zsteve

A TT that only puts out 300 hp? Man thats kinda low isnt it? Hope that can be bumped way up with a chip.

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serge

1. The N54 BMW engine is a 3 liter TT Inline-6, not a V6

2. It has 300 bhp, not 250.

3. The official 300 bhp figure is underated. It's more like 330-340 bhp, according to dynos.

4. The 2010 Z4 has 335 hp, not 300 hp.

WICKED_GRIN

^^ true